A critical evaluation of the use of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) in health psychology

By J. Brocki, Alison Wearden. 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Philosophy

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Alcohol consumption and masculine identity among young men (2007, background): “The aim in IPA is not simply to describe phenomena, but to examine cognitions and emotions underlying descriptions of subjective experiences (Smith, Jarman, & Osborn, 1999 ; Brocki & Wearden, 2006 ).”
Systematic text condensation: A strategy for qualitative analysis (2012, background): “The aim is to gain insights into how a given person, in a given context, makes sense of a given phenomenon [25].”
Exploring analytical trustworthiness and the process of reaching consensus in interpretative phenomenological analysis: lost in transcription (2015, methodology): “Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was developed as a distinctive approach to conducting qualitative research and is becoming increasingly popular (Brocki & Wearden, 2006).”
Women, Anger, and Aggression (2008, neutral): “For a review of work in IPA, see Reid, Flowers, and Larkin (2005) and Brocki and Wearden (2006).”
The role of hedonism in ethical tourism (2014, background): “As a result, they offer ‘‘a deeper, more personal, individualised analysis’’ of experiences (Brocki & Wearden, 2006, p. 99).”
Reflecting on the Use of IPA with Focus Groups: Pitfalls and Potentials (2010, methodology): “Such a predefined, stepwise approach is consistent with the procedural IPA literature (e.g., Smith & Eatough 2007), whose accessibility and practicability have contributed to the popularity of the method (Brocki & Wearden 2006).”
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis: An Appropriate Methodology for Educational Research? (2018, methodology): “IPA recognises that analysis always involves interpretation, and is strongly connected to hermeneutics in its recognition of the investigator’s centrality to analysis and research (Brocki & Wearden, 2006).”
Should Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) be Used With Focus Groups? Navigating the Bumpy Road of “Iterative Loops,” Idiographic Journeys, and “Phenomenological Bridges” (2020, methodology): “The interview method has therefore been the most feasible and favored approach by which to capture idiographic accounts (Smith, 2004) and is the approach that overwhelmingly features in published IPA work (Brocki & Wearden, 2006).”
Developing an Interpretative Phenomenological Approach to Focus Group Data (2010, methodology): “Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is an approach to qualitative research that is now well-established in British psychology ( Brocki & Weardon 2006 ; Larkin, Watts & Clifton 2006 ; Reid, Flowers & Larkin 2005 ; Smith 2004 ).”
Ordinary magic, extraordinary performance: Psychological resilience and thriving in high achievers. (2014, methodology): “…of the 14 narrative portrayal remains paramount in IPA with the final analysis providing a detailed 15 interpretative analysis of themes; this is in comparison to content analysis, which can produce 16 a quantitative analysis of discrete categories from qualitative data (Brocki & Wearden, 2006).”
Alcohol and the self: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of addiction and its impact on the sense of self and identity (2009, methodology): “For a review of work using IPA, see Brocki and Wearden (2006) and Reid et al. (2005).”
Assimilation and Accommodation Processes Following Traumatic Experiences (2007, background): “Questions were open-ended and adaptable, allowing the interviewer to encourage participants to share their stories (Brocki & Wearden, 2006 ) and thus permitting them to explain in detail the processes they went through in making sense of traumatic experiences.”
Exploring perceived life skills development and participation in sport (2009, background): “The capacity within IPA to focus on the structure, meaning and processes of lived personal experiences (Brocki and Wearden 2006 ) made it an appropriate methodology.”